{"id":506541,"date":"2022-11-04T04:55:15","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T01:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hochul-is-keeping-voters-in-the-dark-on-key-issues\/"},"modified":"2022-11-04T04:55:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T01:55:15","slug":"hochul-is-keeping-voters-in-the-dark-on-key-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hochul-is-keeping-voters-in-the-dark-on-key-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"#Hochul is keeping voters in the dark on key issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23b08000e08\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23b08000e08\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hochul-is-keeping-voters-in-the-dark-on-key-issues\/#%E2%80%9CHochul_is_keeping_voters_in_the_dark_on_key_issues%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Hochul is keeping voters in the dark on key issues&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHochul_is_keeping_voters_in_the_dark_on_key_issues%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Hochul is keeping voters in the dark on key issues&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/hidin-hochul-334.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Gov. Kathy Hochul, who calls herself a \u201cBiden Democrat,\u201d is using the Hidin\u2019 Biden strategy (sans the basement): She\u2019s not only ducking reporters; she\u2019s also keeping critical info \u2014 like the state\u2019s fiscal situation \u2014 under wraps. Voters can safely assume she\u2019s burying bad budget <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> until after the election.<\/p>\n<p>As The Post reported Thursday, Hochul shrugged off an Oct. 30 deadline for a budget report, raising troubling concerns about what she might be hiding. Last year, she made a big show of releasing the report on time, claiming it was a major change after Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s repeated missed deadlines.<\/p>\n<p>Fiscal watchdogs are alarmed: Voters <em>by law <\/em>are supposed to see this info (how in the red is the state she leads?) <em>before<\/em> they vote.<\/p>\n<p>The downturn in the market and sharp interest-rate hikes have sliced into Wall Street profits, which mean smaller bonuses \u2014 and reduced tax revenue for Albany, notes the Empire Center\u2019s Peter Warren. The budget\u2019s about to face \u201ca painful withdrawal from the rush of Wall Street-sourced revenue and emergency federal pandemic aid to which Albany leaders recently grew accustomed,\u201d he adds. Plus, the nation faces an ugly recession that could compound the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Hochul &amp; Co. have boosted baseline spending through the roof. Over the last three years alone, outlays under her and Cuomo mushroomed by a mind-boggling $37 billion \u2014 or 20%, from $187 billion to $224 billion.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>The \u201ctrajectory\u201d for spending right now \u201cis unsustainable,\u201d warns Hochul challenger Rep. Lee Zeldin. Damn right.<\/p>\n<p>Yet keeping such vital info under wraps is part of the Hochul playbook. She\u2019s also refusing to disclose her position on <em>hundreds <\/em>of bills Albany passed this year \u2014 so as not to alienate voters on either side. As The Post\u2019s Carl Campanile and Zach Williams reveal, the gov is stalling a whopping <em>420<\/em> pieces of legislation.<\/p>\n<p>She won\u2019t even hint to voters on where she stands. Will she sign the Grieving Families Act, to expand the wrongful-death law and reward lawyers at the expense of businesses and their customers? Or a bill to restore the comptroller\u2019s full oversight powers in vetting contracts <em>before <\/em>they\u2019re inked \u2014 a way to head off Hochul-style, pay-to-play corruption?<\/p>\n<p>Other bills she\u2019s dodging include ones to block bank foreclosures, install cameras in the subway and ban crypto mining. <\/p>\n<p>But most important: Will she <em>ever <\/em>take any meaningful action to fix the state\u2019s disastrous criminal-justice \u201creforms\u201d? Her answer: <em>We\u2019ll continue to look at the data.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, she wouldn\u2019t even face reporters asking about her claim that \u201cthe system\u201d (that <em>she<\/em> oversees) is to blame for the murder of Keaira Bennefield. Bennefield was allegedly slain by her repeat-offender ex-husband, who\u2019d been released without bail just hours after beating her.<\/p>\n<p>No, when it comes to keeping voters in the dark, Hidin\u2019 Biden\u2019s got nothing on Kathy Hochul.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMLG0nwswvr63Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more News articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/03\/hochul-is-keeping-voters-in-the-dark-on-key-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Hochul is keeping voters in the dark on key issues&#8221; Gov. Kathy Hochul, who calls herself a \u201cBiden Democrat,\u201d is using the Hidin\u2019 Biden strategy (sans the basement): She\u2019s not only ducking reporters; she\u2019s also keeping critical info \u2014 like the state\u2019s fiscal situation \u2014 under wraps. Voters can safely assume she\u2019s burying bad budget&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":506542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/hidin-hochul-334.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[135011,70430,51697,72202,43,70865,991,98806,120495],"class_list":["post-506541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-11-3-22","tag-andrew-cuomo","tag-budget","tag-criminal-justice-reforms","tag-editorial","tag-government-spending","tag-joe-biden","tag-kathy-hochul","tag-ny-governors-race-2022"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}